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>water-cooler social stuff. I keep hearing this while at the same time seeing very little evidence for this. Most 'water cooler social stuff' is absolutely po
by lannisterstark 3y ago
>water-cooler social stuff.
I keep hearing this while at the same time seeing very little evidence for this.
Most 'water cooler social stuff' is absolutely pointless small talk at best that you have to often engage in to remain polite. I'd rather not if I could avoid it except for certain circumstances with people I am already 'friends' with.
Guess what I do with those coworkers I am friends with? we have a separate channel/group from official channels where we do that already. Nothing's missing there.
- dahart 3y agoSeems like you maybe ignored the whole point that new hires don’t have a friend group, and it’s harder to make one?
- lannisterstark 3y agoNew hires won't have an instant friend group with water-cooler talks either. They habitually make 'friend groups' with people they work with regularly, remote or otherwise. It's easier to just go "hey want to grab lunch?" in office, I'll grant you that, but it by no means is an 'absolute stop' for new hires from socializing with coworkers.